Laboratories

1402 Conference Room

1405 Instructional Resource Classroom

1406 Chemistry Research Lab

Instruments and Equipment

• Atomic Force Microscope
• Single-Crystal X-ray Diffractometer

Faculty

• Dr. Shelley Riley
• Dr. Jaouad Meziani
• Dr. Abdul Mottaleb

Courses

• Special Investigations in Chemistry (Chem 499)
• Nanoscale Science I/II (Nano 314/315)

1409 Faculty Office: Dr. Jaouad Meziani (Nanomaterials)

Courses

• General Chemistry and Lab (Chem 112/113)
• General Chemistry I and Lab (Chem 114/115)
• Organic Chemistry and Lab (Chem 252/255)
• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)

1410 Faculty Office

Courses

• General Chemistry and Lab (Chem 112/113)
• General Chemistry I and Lab (Chem 114/115)
• Advanced Inorganic Chemistry and Lab (Chem 552/555)

1411 Faculty Office: Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry (Genetics and Molecular Biology)

Courses

• General Biology (Biol 102)
• Genetics (Biol 350)
• Plant Physiology (Biol 430)
• Molecular Biology (Biol 440)
• Immunology Lab (Biol 444)
• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511) 

1412 Faculty Office: Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry (Cellular Biology)

Courses

• General Biology (Biol 102)           
• Microbiology (Biol 140)
• Cellular Biology (Biol 310)
• Nanoscale Science II (Nano 315)
• Molecular Biology (Biol 616)

1414 Biology Research Lab

Instruments and Equipment

• Incubator
• Freezer
• Ultracentrifuge
• High-Speed Centrifuge
• Real-Time PCR
• PCR Workstation
• Thermocycler
• Electroporation
• Hybridization oven and crosslinker
• Assorted molecular biology equipment
• Gel electrophoresis rigs (agarose and SDS-PAGE)
• Isoelectric focusing
• Speed Vacuum

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen
• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry
• Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry

1417 Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) Lab

Instruments

• Field-Emmission Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)

Faculty

• Dr. John Pope
• Dr. Gregg Dieringer

Courses

• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)

1418 Imaging Room

Instruments

• ChemiDoc Imaging System
• Confocal Microscope

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen
• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry
• Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry

Courses

• Cellular Biology (Biol 310)
• Nanoscale Science II (Nano 315)
• Genetics (Biol 350)
• Plant Physiology (Biol 430)
• Molecular Biology (Biol 440)
• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511)

1419 Tissue Culture Laboratory

Instruments and Equipment

• Sputter Coater
• Carbon dioxide incubator
• Incubators
• Biological safety cabinets

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen
• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry
• Dr. Rafiq Islam

Courses

• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511)

1420 Genetics and Protein Lab

Instruments and Equipment

• Assorted molecular biology equipment
• Freezers
• Incubators
• Plant Growth Chamber

Faculty

• Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry

Courses

• Genetics (Biol 350)
• Macromolecular Structure (Chem 450)
• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511)

1421 Cellular and Molecular Biology Lab

Instruments and Equipment

• PCR
• Gel electrophoresis (agarose and SDS-PAGE)
• Gel drying system
• UV-vis spectrophotometer
• Hybridization chamber
• Assorted molecular biology equipment
• Freezers
• Incubators
• Water baths

Faculty

• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry
• Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry

Courses

• Cellular Biology (Biol 310)
• Nanoscale Science II (Nano 315)
• Molecular Biology (Biol 440/616)
• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511)

1423 Chemical Prep Room

Instruments and Equipment

• Autoclave
• Chemical Storage Facilities

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen

1428 Faculty Office: Dr. Himadri Chakraborty (Nanoscale and Computational Physics)

Courses

• General Physics I/II and Lab (Phys 110/111 and 112/113)
• Fundamentals of Classical Physics I/II and Lab (Phys 120/121 and 230/231)
• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)
• Classical Mechanics Lab (Phys 321)
• Statics (Phys 322)
• Electricity & Magnetism and Lab (Phys 330/331)
• Computational Physics and Lab (Phys 450/451)
• Descriptive Astronomy Lab (Phys 123)

1430 Computational Science Lab

Instruments and Equipment

• A large number of tablet PCs with Windows 2007
• Computations/Simulations by remotely connecting to one HP Dual Core and two HP Quad Core 2.6 GHz server computers.
• A number of software packages to graphically visualize the simulation data

Faculty

• Dr. Himadri Chakraborty

Courses

• Computational Physics and Lab (Phys 450/451)
• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)

1431 Instrument Lab

Instruments

• Atomic Force Microscope (AFM)
• Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM)
• Nanoparticle Size Analyzer
• Genetic Analyzer/DNA Sequencer
• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer
• Fluorescence Correlation Spectrometer
• Matrix-Assisted Laser-Desorption Ionization-Time-of-Flight (MALDI-TOF) Mass Spectrometer
• Fast-Protein Liquid Chromotrography (HPLC)
• Digital Reflective Microscope
• Near Infrared (NIR) Spectrometer
• Ultraviolet/Visible (UV/Vis) Spectrometer

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen
• Dr. Shelley Riley
• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry
• Dr. Jeffry Thornsberry
• Dr. Jaouad Meziani
• Dr. Rafiq Islam
• Dr. Ahmed Malkawi
• Dr. Abdul Mottaleb

Courses

• Instrumental Analysis (Chem 522/523)
• Nanoscale Science I/II (Nano 314/215)
• Organic Chemistry I/II and Lab (Chem 242/243, Chem 344/345)
• Molecular Biology (Biol 450)
• Techniques in Biotechnology (Biol 511)

1431C Clean Room Research Lab

Faculty and Staff

• Mrs. Michelle Allen
• Dr. Gretchen Thornsberry

1433 Nanoscale Science Lab

Instruments

• Magnetic Susceptibility Balance
• Flash Photolysis Scope
• Ultrasonic Dismembrator
• Ultraviolet/Visible Spectrometer

Faculty

• Dr. Jaouad Meziani
• Dr. Shelley Riley

Courses

• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)
• Organic Chemistry and Lab (Chem 252/255)
• Inorganic Synthesis Lab (Chem 555)
• Instrumental Analysis and Lab (Chem 522/523)

1433B Inorganic and Nanomaterials Lab

Instruments

• Inert-Atmosphere Glove Box
• Anaerobic Vacuum Manifolds (Schlenk Lines)
• Solvent Purification System

Faculty

• TBD

Courses

• Inorganic Synthesis Lab (Chem 555)
• Nanoscale Science I (Nano 314)